Schedule Monday Nov 20

  • 09:30 Huxley 215: Intro to Data Challenge (Oliver Ratmann)
  • 11:30: First leaderboard results online, updated every half hour
  • 11:30-12:30 Huxley 215: Support clinic (Jack Hogan)
  • 13:30-14:30 Huxley 215: Support clinic (Jack Hogan, Oliver Ratmann)
  • 16:00: Deadline for last predictions
  • 16:30 Maths Common Room: Drinks receptions & announce winner. The prize will be £240 for the winning team and the prestigious title of MSc Stats Challenge Winners 2017! There will be two runner up prizes of £60 for the second and third placed teams.

Credits

This is worth 3% of your Applied Statistics module. If your model beats a predetermined benchmark you will get all 3%, if you don’t you will get 0. Don’t worry, the benchmark is low!